[Scottish] Recommendations on ISDN service/provider?

[Colin Fraser]

Hi (at last),

Sorry it's taken so long to respond and thanks to all all for their help and 
suggestions. Working in Ireland during the week, delays getting BT to convert 
my ISDN to DSL. etc. meant that it was all verrrry slow going.

Particular thanks to Phil. Took your suggestion and signed up with force9 
(quoted you when I signed up - have they honoured the referral?).

Same problems with the Alcatel modem, eventually gave up and bought a Zoom X5 
(modem, router, firewall and 4-port switch). Not cheap at 80GBP but  gives a 
lot of bang for the buck. Nice browser based configuration. I'd recommend it 
to anyone.

Setup literally took minutes and (once I managed to spell my username - 
cfraser - how difficult can that be?) connected first time. The connection 
seems great. The bandwidth speed checker on their site reports 477kbs against 
a target of 460 for the service!

Cheers and thanks to all,

Colin

Colin

On Saturday 13 March 2004 22:05, Philip Ward wrote:
> We got ADSL recently and I went with Force9. £21.99 a month and you get
> 250Meg webspace plus 50MB cgi enabled webspace. The connection has been
> reliable for the month we've had it.
> As for modem/router I have been fighting an Alcatel USB modem for a
> friend's Mandrake laptop and eventually gave up and got a cheap router
> (Origo - £35 on ebay). No more problems.
>
> Phil.
>
> Colin Fraser wrote:
> >BT have finally got the lead out and are enabling our exchange this week!
> >Should have sorted this out ages ago but there's nothing like the eleventh
> >hour to sharpen the mind.
> >
> >So I want an ADSL connection (scrapping my expensive ISDN line). Can
> > anyone help with recommendations on modem to use, best provider, etc?
> >
> >Both BT and Tiscali offer free modems, but can these be used with Linux?
> > I've seen the recommendations for Force9, but what gear should I get to
> > be able to use them?
> >
> >Any help gratefully received - if I wasn't working in Ireland there'd be
> > pints at the next meeting as an extra inducement but I suppose I'll just
> > have to rely on your goodwill!
> >
> >TIA,
> >
> >Colin
>
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